2005 — Red Sox pitcher Matt Clement, 10-2 in the first half and an All-Star, is hit in the head by a liner hit by Tampa Bay's Carl Crawford on July 26. Clement finishes the season 13-6, goes 5-5 in an injury-shortened 2006 season and has yet to pitch this year while still recovering from shoulder surgery.

2003 — Brandon Patch, an 18-year-old pitcher for an American Legion team in Miles City, Mont., is killed when hit by a line drive. Patch's death leads to the banning of aluminum bats by several leagues and organizations around the country.

2000 — Boston Red Sox pitcher Bryce Florie is struck in the face by a ball hit by the Yankees' Ryan Thompson. Florie suffered multiple broken bones and eye damage. He returned to pitch in seven games in 2001 and hasn't appeared in the majors since. He is now a player-coach for the Macon (Ga.) Music of the independent South Coast League.

1998 — The Astros' Billy Wagner suffers a concussion when hit on the side of the head by a line drive hit by Arizona's Kelly Stinnett. Wagner recovered after a stint on the disabled list and remains one of the game's top relievers.

1992 — California Angels pitcher Matt Keough is struck in the head while sitting in the dugout during a spring training game, requiring emergency surgery to remove a blood clot. Keough, who was attempting a comeback after last appearing in the majors with the Astros in 1986, never played again. He has spent the last six years as a special assistant to Athletics general manager Billy Beane. In 2005, Keough served time in jail after being charged with drunk driving, injuring a pedestrian and leaving the scene of an accident.

1957 — The Cleveland Indians' Herb Score, a budding young pitching star who won 20 games the previous season, suffers numerous broken bones when hit in the eye by a line drive hit off the bat of the Yankees' Gil McDougald. Score returns late in the 1958 season but never regained his level of success and was out of the majors in 1962 at age 29.